markempa

MAY 23, 2005

» Blogging & RSS Events Business blogging consultant extraordinaire, Debbie Weil , just informed me that shes launching a half-day seminar on Blogging & RSS. Check out the AMAs blogging event in Chicago on February 18th. Check out the AMAs blogging event in Chicago on February 18th.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Read Target Marketing: What’s a Lead?

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markempa

AUGUST 23, 2006

Im a big proponent of educational marketing, because it allows you to reach people early in their buying process. Just remember, they should be EARLY in their buying process ! Early-stage leads - those who are not ready to speak to a sales person yet – can be developed further with an effective lead nurturing program.

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markempa

MARCH 27, 2005

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. In this podcast, Ill tell you her secret.

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markempa

JUNE 29, 2007

Sherpas data shows that more decision makers (not just influencers) are attending webinars and watching archived events. This indicates the importance of relevant educational events and online content for lead generation. This indicates the importance of relevant educational events and online content for lead generation.

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markempa

JUNE 8, 2007

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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markempa

AUGUST 16, 2007

You can now watch the recorded archive Thank you to ON24 for sponsoring and to the AMA for hosting the event. You can now watch the recorded archive Thank you to ON24 for sponsoring and to the AMA for hosting the event. 3: Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market

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markempa

OCTOBER 31, 2006

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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markempa

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 22, 2006

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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markempa

MARCH 6, 2007

a for sponsoring this event as part of their new Wednesday Webcast with Experts series. a for sponsoring this event as part of their new Wednesday Webcast with Experts series. 3: Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market Thank you to ON24 Inc. Thank you to ON24 Inc.

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markempa

MARCH 30, 2007

« Now Announcing the "Start With A Lead" Podcast Show | Main | Your questions answered on Lead Generation via Podcasts » On building targeted lists for B2B Lead Generation Programs Would you buy this business card? When you buy a list of names, you are basically buying business cards on a list.

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markempa

MAY 18, 2007

Develop a marketing program that helps the sales team sell at a personal level. Train your sales people on how to optimize your lead generation investment and give your feedback. Centralize the lead qualification process. Use your huddles to introduce new sales people to the marketing team.

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markempa

OCTOBER 17, 2006

« How to Become a Thought Leader and Attract Customers | Main | E-book: Why Naked CRM Doesnt Work » Lead Generation for the Complex Sale I recently did a phone interview on Lead Generation for the Complex Sale with Nettie Hartsock for Allbusiness.coms Must Read Business Books column.

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markempa

AUGUST 7, 2006

« New complimentary e-book - Start with a Lead: Eight critical success factors for lead generation results | Main | New Book on Corporate Blogging » Webinar: Eight critical success factors for lead generation Join me for a complimentary webinar the Eight Critical Success factors for Lead Generation Success.

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markempa

MAY 9, 2007

Lead nurturing is all about having consistent and meaningful communication with viable prospects (those that are “a fit” for your solution) regardless of their timing to buy. It’s not “following-up” every few months to find out if a prospect is “ready to buy yet?” companys focus.

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markempa

MARCH 6, 2006

Well meaning marketers can ruin their lead generation results by rushing an unqualified list of tradeshow attendees to their sales team. After doing numerous lead qualification programs , we have found 5% to 15% of trade show inquiries are truly sales ready leads. " I agree. " I agree.

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markempa

JUNE 28, 2007

While these fundamentals still hold true, the Internet has changed marketing and the fundamentals we apply to it. New and innovative online marketing tactics help companies build their brand and generate leads online. Some of the leads are “hot” and ready to buy while others are long-term and need nurturing.

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markempa

AUGUST 17, 2007

How do you build your library of relevant lead nurturing content? A lead nurturing program can leverage existing investments that you have made in other marketing tactics such as events, white papers, contributed articles, or any other thought leading content. How can you leverage events?

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markempa

NOVEMBER 8, 2005

« Lead Generation Summit Notes | Main | Podcast: How to Nurture Leads » Dont Depend on Technology To Fill the Sales/Marketing Chasm I found this article by Janet White, author of Buying Right: Vendor and Software Selection on CRM Guru interesting.

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markempa

APRIL 19, 2007

If you provide your prospects with high quality thought leading content as part of your lead nurturing process , then you will find that your prospects are calling you first when they are ready to buy. I interviewed Paul Dunay, Director of Global Field Marketing for BearingPoint.

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markempa

AUGUST 14, 2006

August 14, 2006 | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Webinar: Lead Generation Strategies for the Complex Sale : Comments Webinar: Lead Generation Strategies for the Complex Sale Join me for a complimentary webinar this Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 1pm EDT.

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markempa

OCTOBER 6, 2006

As Ive written before, Im a big proponent of educational marketing tools such as white papers because they allow you to reach people early in their buying process. Just remember, they should be EARLY in their buying process ! Just remember, they should be EARLY in their buying process !

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markempa

JULY 13, 2006

« Sales Leads Are Too Valuable For Sales People Alone | Main | MarketingSherpa Data on the Best & Worst Lead Generation Offers for 2006 » How Podcasts Impact B2B Purchase Decisions A key aspect of lead generation is to engage people as early in their buying process as possible, because thats where you can make the biggest difference.

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markempa

AUGUST 1, 2007

This chronic lack of visibility has a snowball effect of making it challenging for marketers to measure their effectiveness and understand their return on marketing investment (ROMI). 3: Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market So what can be done about it? So what can be done about it?

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markempa

JULY 9, 2007

Last year, I linked to a David Meerman Scotts post, Sales Leads Are Too Valuable For Sales People Alone. David writes, " Salespeople may argue with me, but I think it is better at the early stages of the buying process NOT to pass names to sales unless the buyer is absolutely ready to move forward." " I agree.

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markempa

JUNE 14, 2006

« New Book: Lead Generation for the Complex Sale is officially released | Main | PR Has New Rules for Reaching Buyers Directly » Why Most B2B Sites Fail to Convert Sales Leads Most people coming to your website arent coming to your website to buy. 3: Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market

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markempa

MARCH 2, 2006

What are trigger events? What are trigger events? FREE lead generation consultation from InTouch Just Tell Us How To Contact You First and Last Name Company Email Telephone Ext. 3: Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market Listen to Segment 4: Selling to BIG Companies (7:31 min 1.7

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markempa

MAY 8, 2006

My research shows that executive buyers choose the sales person who has been a resource and developed a relationship with them regardless of their timing to buy. My research shows that executive buyers choose the sales person who has been a resource and developed a relationship with them regardless of their timing to buy.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

3: Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market

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markempa

MAY 21, 2007

In lead generation, the job of the marketing department is to develop leads to match the buyer’s readiness to buy and the seller’s expectations of selling. Marketing to sales: “We get the leads, you get the sales.” 3: Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

Centralizing leads for profiling and scoring. Validating direct marketing lists. Following up on direct mail campaigns. To use the phone as an effective lead generation strategy, consider creating a specialized teleprospecting function within the marketing group. Following up on requests for information.

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markempa

JUNE 14, 2007

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. You can’t do that with Hawking.”

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markempa

FEBRUARY 23, 2006

» Marketing That Reaches Decision Makers In Big Companies I was quoted in an article on B-to-B marketing in Marketing News, a publication of the American Marketing Association. If youre doing marketing or lead generation for a complex sale, youll want to read it.

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markempa

AUGUST 11, 2005

" One final thought - dont rush a list of webinar attendees or white paper download registrants to your sales team and call them sales leads. After doing numerous lead qualification programs, Ive found that roughly 5% to 15% (at best) of inquiries are truly sales ready opportunities.

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markempa

MARCH 18, 2005

« Paper Direct Mail is Not Dead | Main | Sales Leads Via RSS via Salesforce.com » Give Lead Generation Some Respect Dean Rieck argues that lead generation is the Rodney Dangerfield of marketing - some give it no respect. 3: Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market

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markempa

JUNE 29, 2005

« Marketing to Small-Medium Businesses Via IT Consultants & Resellers | Main | Marketing accountability and ROI Measurement » Improving Lead Generating And Conversion Rates I liked this article by Charlie Cook over at SalesMastersWorld. He writes, "Marketing is a lot like farming.

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